The natural history of the sperm whale: its anatomy and physiology, food, spermaceti, ambergris, rise and progress of the fishery, chase and capture, "cutting in" and "trying out," description of the ships, boats, men, and instruments used in the attack, with an account of its favourite places of resort : to which is added a sketch of a South-Sea whaling voyage, embracing a description of the extent, as well as the adventures and accidents that occurred during the voyage in which the author was personally engaged

• Main Author: Beale, Thomas.
• Other Authors: Melville, Herman , 1819-1891 (former owner.)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Widener 1839
• Subjects: Sperm whale; Whales; Whaling; QL737.C4 B4; Beale
• Online Access: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:3347158; http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/dl/reading/002163880

by Thomas Beale. "The first edition of this work having been attended with a success which far exceeded my expectation, I have been induced to commit this second edition to the press, with a view of rendering the book more perfect, and more worthy of public attention, by the addition of various...